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The tiger roars again in Sariska: Count reaches 50 nearly two decades after complete wipeout

Not a miracle but a meticulous, long-term process, one that combined ecological insight, community engagement, political will and institutional reform, say conservationists.

19 tiger beetle species found in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, 4 discovered for the first time in UP

Lakhimpur Kheri: Biodiversity-rich Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has been found to be home to 19 species of tiger beetle insects, with four of them discovered...

Ranthambore’s queen Arrowhead was an alpha tigress even through illness. ‘She lived a full life’

The reserve’s iconic tigress, T-84, breathed her last Thursday at the age of 11, after battling bone cancer for months.

‘Tiger man’ Valmik Thapar took train to Ranthambore in his 20s on a whim. It changed his life

The author & pioneer of India's tiger conservation programme passed away early Saturday in Delhi at the age of 73 after battling cancer.

182 tigers died in 2023, a 50% spike from 2022, environment ministry tells Parliament

Maharashtra & MP saw an alarming rise in tiger deaths in 2023 despite a hike in govt aid for conservation to the states. Data on confirmed causes of deaths, however, remains low.

Less stress, more cubs — how proposed ban on private vehicles in Sariska Reserve can help tigers

According to the CEC’s report, unchecked human movement in the reserve area is severely impacting breeding and increasing stress levels among tigers.

‘Tigers die, rumors fly’ – when 5 mysterious tiger deaths took Nagarhole by storm

In 'Among Tigers', conservation zoologist K Ullas Karanth recounts his fierce efforts to recover wild tigers from the brink.

New book places 3 big cats at center of climate crisis & what makes them ‘man-eaters’

Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.

Why wildlife body IUCN’s new data on tiger numbers could prove to be a conservation gamechanger

New assessment of tiger population by International Union for Conservation of Nature shows numbers up by 40% between 2015 & 2022. Sets 'realistic baseline' for future evaluations.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.